Language Needs Assessment: Ditidaht Community School, Ditidaht First Nation


Funding Applcation: Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI)
Assessment Year: 2009/2010
Language: Diitiidʔaatx̣
Dialect: Ditidaht


Organization

Ditidaht Community School, Ditidaht First Nation
Adam Werle, Linguist

This project will serve the following communities:



Ditidaht First Nation



Community Population

Date of community's recent population poll: 2007, January
Population on reserve: 230
Population off reserve: 486
Total Population: 716
Information Source: Ditidaht Band Office

Community Language Fluency

Number that speak and understand language fluently 11
Age groups that speak the language fluently 65-74 (9), 75-84 (2)

Number that understand and/or speak somewhat 4
Age groups who understand and/or speak somewhat 45-54 (4)

Number that do not speak or understand the language 701
Number of people learning the language 75
Age groups that are learning the language 5-14 (45), 15-19 (25), 25-44 (3), 45-54 (2)

Total Number 716